Lyrics

Citizen Auteur: Paris / New York

A prolific and inspired bilingual writer, Pascalito composes colorful and poetic lyrics, whether for himself as an artist or in collaboration with other people. He can be commissioned to write songs on existing music, librettos, or even creative adaptations from English into French and vice versa, a form he totally masters. See samples from various recording projects below.

It haunts me every night / That I never got to know him / The way he lost his life / Deported, killed or missing / Casualty of war / Family torn apart / As they put him on the train / He wrote his last refrain / There is so much more to tell / Over this magic man / A whole life to unveil / The picture of Rafael {chorus} A picture of Rafael Ohayon / Cruised the whole world in search of a song / A picture of Rafael Ohayon / Showed me the land of my heart and soul / A picture of Rafael Ohayon / Tracing the roots of a family bond / A picture of Rafael Ohayon / Telling the truth, hidden so long / {French choir: 4 voices}: Il est parti un jour / Fidèle à son amour Il s’est enfuit la nuit / Fuyant la barbarie / Mourir pour son courage / Fidèle à son image / Combattant pour les siens / Méditerranéens / {short chorus} A picture of Rafael Ohayon / Cruised the whole world in search of a song / A picture of Rafael Ohayon / Showed me the land of my heart and soul / {Piano solo} / {full chorus resumes} A picture of Rafael Ohayon / Cruised the whole world in search of a song / A picture of Rafael Ohayon / Showed me the land of my heart and soul / A picture of Rafael Ohayon / Tracing the roots of a family bond / A picture of Rafael Ohayon / Telling the truth hidden so long / {coda} Casuality of war / Family torn apart / As they put him on the train / He wrote his last refrain / There is so much more to tell / Over this magic man / A whole life to unveil / The picture of Rafael / {piano plays chorus, lead voice harmonizes cantorial style} Rafael / Rafael / Rafael / Rafael {twice until spoken resolution} Rafael!

You are heading back to you hometown / Where people truly care about you / They cheer you up when you‘re down / They will never judge you / In your quest of breaking grounds / Laurels would come with strange fruits / But when it comes to being crowned / You‘ll go back to your roots / Your mother was afraid / You would lose your direction / You were never raised / For an American fiction / Writing songs, living a life / Of sweet illusions / Seeing your name in lights / Overnight sensations / {Chorus} All this time / All this time / All this time / Wandering around / All this time / All this time / All this time / Lost but never found / {Second verse} Your father set you free / And told you never lose face / Cause when you’re blessed with dignity / Courage becomes your grace / Water falls on burning stones / And steams the rage out of you / But keep your heart wide opened son / It will carry you through / {Chorus} All this time, All this time / All this time / Wandering around/ All this time / All this time / All this time / Lost but never found / {Interlude piano} / {Male voice raps in French on female arabesque, drums pick up metal style} Voyage aussi lointain / Voyage loin des miens / Le navire de la vie / Chavire en nostalgia / Hisser les voiles / Hauts les coeurs / Mer fatale / Citizen chanteur / Traverser l’atlantique / Pour une terre chimérique / Pour une terre chimérique / Home sweet home Amérique / You’re heading back to your hometown / Wandering up and down / Heading back to your hometown / {canon style} Where your dreams will carry on…

I hunted through the night / Looking for something / To sweeten my bitter life / Looking for someone / To share a dream or two / Sweet memories of you / I can’t recall it right If it was me / Who painted love in black / If it was you / Who turned it all in blue / What is false / what is true / {Chorus} It’s a symphony / Slowing drilling a hole In my head / It’s a chance for me / To declare what I love What I hate / {Bridge} Lonely night melody Sensual nostalgie Keeps me sole company / Lonely night melody Sweet melancholy / O this endless black sea Let it just come to me Let it be you and me / {Chorus} It’s a symphony… / Solestalgia, solestalgia / Solestalgia, memoir / I hunted through the night Looking for something / To sweeten my bitter life / Looking for someone / To share a dream or two / Sweet memories of you…

Tango de Non Retour(Tango of No Return)
Music & lyrics – Pascal Sabattier

For forty days and forty nights / You’ve been out of sight / And you erased all the memories / Leaving me in the dark / Me I am still lost in the reveries / When things just looked so bright / As you became a growing part of me / A need I just can’t fight / {Chorus} But if you decide / To come back to me / You know I’ll be around / Cause I just can’t find / Another you can’t you see / To share this throne / But if you decide / To come back to me / I’ll give up this crown / Cause if you are mine / Then I am just content to be / A selfless clown / This is the doom of my dynasty / When Power and love conflict / But what looms over my destiny / Is something I can’t resist / A foolish king ruling in agony / I lost all my faith / A royal fool, that’s whom I’d rather be / If I can’t see your face / {Chorus} But if you decide… / {piano solo} / {Bridge in French} Pondre des love songs en Anglais / Comme Lord Byron, ou Paul Mc Cartney / Une chanson pleine de clichés / La rancon du succes / Des poemes qui deprimaient /Comme Morrison ou Morrisey / M’aimer autant, au temps dl’imparfait / Fini, commence par Mais / {Chorus} But if you decide…. / {scat, coda} pin, pin, pin…. / {while fingers snap} You know it’s not / What it seems / To be the king of cool / Cause if you ever lose your queen / You are just a royal fool….

The Night is Yang (Yang est la Nuit)
Music – Chrystijo / English and French lyrics: Pascal Sabattier

The sun comes down / Her light moves in / A moon sign glowing in the dark / The vibe is Yang / But don’t give in / This love is just a dancing fight / The music bangs / she’s stepping in / Blue gazing from her pretty face / The night is Yang / but she’s still Yin / Red hazing from her deadly grace / {Chorus} Those mystic eyes / Show me the way / Beast in the night / Queen for a day / Lost in her reign / Without a crown / The Night is Yang / Yin is the dawn / A dangerous wine / keeps pouring down / Floading my long and lonely verse / Sensual divine / she comes to town / Lighting up all the universe / She sets the tone / And shows some skin / Crazy dogs tapping on the floor / A heart of stone / a beauty queen / A feline god / hungry for more / {Chorus} Those mystic eyes… / (last verse) A dance so strange / dark is the scene / Stained is our love / A walk of shame / Time to revenge / Our deadly sins / You spilled my blood / to spell your name / Now the journey ends / or it begins / Yin was the dream / Yang my delight /Good bye Satan /Hello Satine / Gone is the thrill / cold is the night… {Chorus + finali} Those mystic eyes … The Night is Yang / Yin is the dawn / The Night is Yang / Yin is my love